ENGROSSED

Senate Bill No. 527

(By Senators Tomblin, Mr. President, and Buckalew,

By Request of the Executive)

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[Introduced February 12, 1998; referred to

the Committee on Finance.]

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A BILL making a supplementary appropriation of public moneys out of the treasury from the balance of moneys remaining as an unappropriated balance in the state fund, general revenue, to the department of education -- state department of education, account no. fund 0313, fiscal year 1998, organization 0402, all supplementing and amending the appropriation for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred ninety-eight.

Whereas, The governor submitted to the Legislature the executive budget document, dated January 14, 1998, which included a statement of the state fund, general revenue, setting forth therein the cash balance and investments as of July 1, 1997, and further included the estimate of revenues for fiscal year 1997-98, less net appropriation balances forwarded and regular appropriations for fiscal year 1997-98; and
Whereas, It appears from the governor's executive budget document there now remains an unappropriated balance in the state treasury which is available for appropriation during the fiscal year ending the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred ninety-eight; therefore
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the total appropriation for fiscal year ending the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred ninety-eight, to account no. fund 0313, fiscal year 1998, organization 0402, be supplemented and amended by increasing the total appropriation by one million three hundred seventy-three thousand seventy dollars as follows:
TITLE II--APPROPRIATIONS.

Section 1. Appropriations from general revenue.

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

35--State Department of Education

(WV Code Chapters 18 and 18A)

Account No.

Fund 0313 FY 1998 Org 0402

General
Act-Revenue
ivity Fund

8 Increased Enrollment140$1,373,070
The purpose of this bill is to supplement this account in the budget act for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred ninety-eight, by adding one million three hundred seventy-three thousand seventy dollars to an existing appropriation for increased enrollment for expenditure during the fiscal year one thousand nine hundred ninety-eight.